Heinz's Dilemma

Heinz Dilemma:
Heinz's wife is dying. One special drug, has been discovered by a druggist, but the druggist is selling it at an exorbitant price. So Heinz, after failing to borrow the money he needs, pleads with the druggist to sell the drug cheaper or let him pay later. The druggist refuses. This special drub may or may not cure Heinz's wife. Should he steal the drug?


This is a tough question, and if I was in that situation I don't have a clue what I would do. If Heinz steals the drug as this might saves his wife. Then on the other hand, Heinz could steal the drug, the drug not work, his wife dies, and he ends up in jail for the next # of years. Or, he steals the drug, it works, but he is still essentially going to loose his wife, because he is going to end up in jail. This is a type of question where my answer would be 6 in one, half a dozen in the other. 

Technology: good or bad?

Recently we watched the video Digital Nation where it examined how we are essentially technologically wired everywhere we go. There is Wifi almost everywhere these days. I realized how connected I was when during the video there was a topic of how vacations are not vacation anymore. This past summer when we went to Mexico I was completely outraged that the resort only had internet kiosks. Now that I think about it, it was great that we didn't have access to wifi at all times. A vacation is a vacation where you leave whatever stuff you have going on at home and RELAX!! I think that being wired at all times makes us forget how to do exactly this. In the last few weeks there has been talk in the media that internet is no longer going to be unlimited. Once again I thought to myself I'm screwed. Everything I do for school, all my communication with classes, instructors, groups, library, etc is through the internet. What would I do if the internet is not unlimited? I would start spending a lot of time on campus where we would have internet access. Then I thought to myself. 10 years ago when I did a year of open studies at Grant MacEwan we had no such thing as Blackboard. Nothing was based online. If you needed to communicate with your instructors, you went and saw them. I think that technology has influenced education in a good way but I also believe we are too wired. I understand exactly what the video was trying to say. We all think we are good at multitasking but in reality it isn't doing our education any good. So, now that I realize this, my goal for the rest of the semester is to leave my blackberry in my locker (which might kill me but I'm going to try :-) ), only log onto facebook in the am and in the evening, and not check my email 1000 times a day (that one should be easy if I'm leaving my blackberry in my locker). Great video, absolutely opened my eyes up to something that I didn't even realize.
-K

I love Post its

 I would love my main priority in life just to be school but that is a unrealistic statement. There is always more than one priority that is in my life. I love lists. Grocery lists, things to do in terms of housework and schoolwork. This is essentially what keeps me on task and gets me from day to day. I drive my finance nuts with my lists. He is always finding post its all around the house and really just shakes his head at me. My response to that is "How else would you like me to keep things in priority sequence????" If I had to choose the top 3 main priooritys in my life they would be:
1. School
2. Wedding
3. My family

Now, yes these priorities will change and shift from day to day but finding that balance between school, planning a wedding, maintianing a house is not always easy but those little yellow pieces of paper really and truly do save day. Woohoo as I say, I get to cross one more thing off my little yellow post it which reads:

- Blog Post for EDPY

-K

Erickson's Life-Span Development Theory

When I look at Erik Erickson's Stges of Human Development it makes more sense to me than Piaget's or Vygotsky's theories do. But, I think that you can be in two different stages at once in your life.For myself, I see myself falling within the stages of Identity versus identity confusion which according to Erickson takes place within Adolescene. The reason why I think I fall into this category is becase I am still trying to figure out who I am and what I want to become. Up until 2 years ago I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I kinda had an idea but deep down I didn't really understand or know how to get to the final product of what and who I wanted to become. Even today, I think about what type of teacher, mother, friend, wife I would like to be, and do not really know if I will achieve those expectations (even though I'm sure I will come close :-) ).  I also see myself within the Intimacy versus isolation stage. I have found that person that  I want to spend the rest of my life with and loneliness will not be an issue. But beyond those two stages, I haven't quite figured it out yet which according to Erickson's theory is natural because of my age. But according to Erickson I because of my age cannot fall in the identity versus identity confusion which is why people critize Erickson's theory because just like the other theorists the stages are too rigid. But for me, it works, and developmentally, emotionally, and physically I'm okay with that too.

-K